HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adjectives

强 qiáng “strong” in Chinese

Traditional 強

What 强 means

  1. strong
  2. powerful
  3. better
  4. slightly more than
  5. vigorous
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • violent

How to say 强

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale强qiáng2nd tone, rising

强 in a sentence

  1. 你的学习能力很强。

    Nǐ de xuéxí nénglì hěn qiáng.

    You have a strong ability to learn.

    Sentence #9990172 from Tatoeba

  2. 你们的队伍比我们的强。

    Nǐmen de duìwu bǐ wǒmen de qiáng.

    Your team is better than ours.

    Sentence #870063 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 多么强的风啊！

    Duōme qiáng de fēng a!

    What a strong wind!

    Sentence #825920 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 强 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 强 (qiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
强qiángstrong
  • 弓bow · gōngMeaning part
  • 虽although · suī

弓 hints at the meaning (bow); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiáng.

How to write 强

强 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

强 (qiáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 强 (qiáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 强

Words with 强

强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)坚强jiānqiáng · staunch强烈qiángliè · strong强迫qiǎngpò · to force倔强juéjiàng · stubborn勉强miǎnqiǎng · reluctantly顽强wánqiáng · tenacious强制qiángzhì · compulsory

More words: Adjectives

直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)准确zhǔnquè · accurate仔细zǐxì · careful美měi · beautiful整zhěng · whole暗àn · dark薄báo · thin宝贵bǎoguì · valuable

FAQs

强 (qiáng) means “strong” or “powerful”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it qiáng: qiáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 强 is written 強. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 强 from the suggestions. Typing qiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
强 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.